Uma Carta Insone

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Overview

The film is a monologue performed by the actress and trans singer Valéria Barcellos, who dramatizes a short story by Júlia Dantas. The documentary is inspired by text from the book Zero discriminação: short stories about life stories and the HIV epidemics, organized by professors Daniel Canavese and Maurício Polidoro (IFRS), published in 2021.

Cast: Valéria Barcellos

Director: Ricardo Lubisco, Daniel Canavese

Genres: Drama

Cast

Valéria Barcellos

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